diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 769a67a158037197341742104d2a9023cb1e03a0..79cb51866e02f217ddb7d98d03b7c7dd2dc4b0f7 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long this_pages;
 
 		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
+		if (!pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) && pmd_none_or_clear_bad(pmd))
+			continue;
 		if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd)) {
 			if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE)
 				split_huge_page_pmd(vma, addr, pmd);
@@ -133,10 +135,9 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
-			/* fall through */
+			/* fall through, the trans huge pmd just split */
 		}
-		if (pmd_none_or_clear_bad(pmd))
-			continue;
+		VM_BUG_ON(pmd_trans_huge(*pmd));
 		this_pages = change_pte_range(vma, pmd, addr, next, newprot,
 				 dirty_accountable, prot_numa);
 		pages += this_pages;